Category Archives: casual

Fixing: Korg Toneworks AX1000G Guitar Pedal – Power Issues (Intermittent Connection) and Looper Button

Posted on October 22, 2024

The Korg AX1000G was a great bargain when it came to the novel all-in one DSP-based guitar effects boards back in the 90s. Reboots due to suboptimal power plug Disclaimer: This is a hobby article that describes what helped me … Continue reading →

Fixing: Sustain Pedal Fail in Ableton Live – MIDI Synth sends All Notes OFF (CC123)

Posted on May 4, 2020

If you are using an old MIDI synth or keyboard with a MIDI-USB interface or an audio interface, you might have experienced this issue: When you lift the last key of a chord, or a single key, all sound dies … Continue reading →

An sd-card logger monitoring 12V car battery voltage and temperature using the Arduino ProMini

Posted on August 20, 2018

More often than convenient I used to find my car battery drained and the car unable to start after a long period of disuse. In order to find out if there was a short circuit or power leak somewhere, if … Continue reading →

Charging my camera battery with a smartphone – a dirty risky holiday hack

Posted on August 19, 2018

TL;DR: This small experiment shows how I used a smartphone to charge a camera battery. The method is not safe but It struck me as a great example to highlight the inaparrent compatibility between two seemingly unrelated devices. Most current … Continue reading →

Canon 870 Lens Problem – restart required – hints on disassembly

Posted on November 12, 2011

Disclaimer: The statements made here are far to vague to allow a novice to dis-and reassemble such a digital camera. Moreover, the risk of an high-voltage electric shock is existent during disassembly. I take no responsibility for any harm you … Continue reading →

casual

Posted on August 2, 2010

Contrasting the main chapters of this site, the following posts will carry mostly personally or politically motivated topics. Feel free to comment the reports and opinions posted alongside. Sooner or later, something more might pop up here… You may log … Continue reading →